Ukraine Soldier 'Roman' Paints What He Saw Fighting in Russia-Ukraine War

A Ukrainian sniper survives four concussions, a missile strike on the restaurant where he was eating dinner, and comes home carrying invisible wounds no one can see. Now he's turning trauma into art — and fighting to find his way back to himself. Jason Bellini, Scripps News' Chief International Correspondent, first met Roman Trokhymets on the front lines near Bakhmut. Months later he found him in Kyiv — thinner, quieter, but still standing at Sunday vigils for the brothers who can't come home. This is the story of what survival costs, and what comes after. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #PTSD #War #Azov #Kramatorsk #Bakhmut #Sniper #TraumaRecovery #ScrippsNews Scripps News’ chief international correspondent, Jason Bellini, has a singular goal: finding the brightest embers of humanity flickering within the shadows of the most massive stories of our times. Bellini journeys into the world’s gray zones of peril and uncertainty. There he forms connections with everyday individuals - in their moments of bravery and despair.